Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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open tent
a crow watches me
from the swaying branch
open tent
white trapped moth...
I watch the spider begin
camping
another hunt squeals
out of the forest
open tent
a frog jumps in
the light of the pond
camping
the smells of the forest
mixes with rain
camping
we bathe nearby
the waterfall's voice
camping
the touch of freckles
over Laurel's skin
open tent
a curtain of rain
moves in the forest
camping
the quietness alone
a sundown brings
open tent
the silence the forest has
in breathing
camping
our Milky Way
on the edge... seeing within
camping
these meteor tails
should have a sound
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